Mumbai, Oct 8 (PTI) The Maharashtra government has decided to replace the existing lottery system for farmer welfare schemes under the MahaDBT portal with a 'first-come, first-served' mechanism to ensure greater transparency and efficiency.

This decision will be implemented with retrospective effect from April 1 this year, officials from the state agriculture department said on Wednesday.

Under the revised procedure, applications submitted on the MahaDBT portal will now be processed in the order of registration, enabling farmers to receive timely benefits. Pending applications left out in the lottery process earlier will also be considered under the 'first-come, first-served' principle.

Once selected, beneficiaries will be notified via SMS, following which they will have to upload the r

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